On this day in movie history - Thieves’ Highway (1949):

Thieves’ Highway

directed by Jules Dassin,

written by A. I. Bezzerides,

based on the novel Thieves’ Market by A. I. Bezzerides,

was released in the United States on September 20, 1949.
Music by Alfred Newman and Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Tamara Shayne, Kasia Orzazewski, Norbert Schiller, Hope Emerson, Walter Baldwin, Robert Bice, Howland Chamberlain, David Clarke, Roy Damron, Jules Dassin, Al Eben, Robert Foulk, Joe Haworth, Percy Helton, Ted Jordan, Frank Kreig, Saul Martell, Edwin Max, John Merton, Ann Morrison, James Nolan, David Opatoshu, Frank Richards, Maurice Samuels, Mario Siletti, Irene Tedrow, George Tyne, Dick Wessel, Harry Wilson.

Born on this day – Barbara Lawrence:

Barbara Lawrence

Actress

February 24, 1930 – November 13, 2013

Credits:

The Tall Man (1962); Perry Mason (1958–1962); The Best of the Post (1961); Shotgun Slade (1960); Bonanza (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); Tightrope (1959); Riverboat (1959); Trackdown (1958); Cimarron City (1958); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Joe Dakota (1957); Man in the Shadow (1957); Kronos (1957); Have Camera Will Travel (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Cheyenne (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Theater (1956); Oklahoma! (1955); Man with the Gun (1955); Her Twelve Men (1954); Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954); Paris Model (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Arena (1953); The Star (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Peggy (1950); The Silver Theatre (1950); Thieves' Highway (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); The Street with No Name (1948); Give My Regards to Broadway (1948); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Captain from Castile (1947); Margie (1946); Diamond Horseshoe (1945).